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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Canada Area

Reporting to the EVP of HR, responsibility and oversight for all Bell Media Corporate HR functions including governance, pension, benefits, HR systems, payroll, compensation, training and employee programs. - Steering Committee member and HR project team prime for CTV’s integration with Bell. This included identifying business synergies and for providing leadership on system integration, policy/procedure transformation and change management for 2,800 non-union employees converting to Bell’s SAP system, pension/benefit plans and employee self-service. Also coordinated the introduction of multiple Bell programs to CTV staff including the Employee Share Purchase Plan, Employee Discount Plan, performance management, talent management, succession planning and two employee surveys.- HR lead for the CTV acquisition of CHUM, responsible for transitioning 3,000 employees to CTV’s payroll system, pension and benefit plans and for directing an extensive harmonization of policy and procedure. - Appointed to the Bell Media Pension Management Committee that had oversight for investment policy and governance of pension plans (14 Defined Benefit and 3 Defined Contribution Plans). - Recruited and motivated a team of corporate HR specialists to continuously support the business and its needs through improved metrics, more effective tools and simplified processes.

Toronto, Canada Area

Reporting to the EVP of HR, responsibility and oversight for Bell Media Corporate HR functions including pension, benefits, HR systems, compensation, training and employee programs.- Promoted to Director upon BCE’s initial acquisition of CTV; worked as a member of the project team that merged CTV, Sympatico and The Globe and Mail under the Bellglobemedia umbrella.- Assigned as HR systems lead for the subsequent amalgamations of Netstar, BNN, CTV Montreal and CTV Winnipeg into the CTV family (approximately 1,100 employees). - Implemented a successful upgrade to CTV’s Lawson ERP system in partnership with a team of HR, Finance and IT project leads. This included the transfer of payroll in-house (from ADP) and the introduction of a number of secondary systems required to support in-house payroll functions such as direct deposits, manual cheques and the production/distribution of pay stubs. - Launched an electronic HR Forms System with IT that used intranet technology and e-mail to efficiently workflow New Hire Authorizations, Position/Salary changes, Leaves and Terminations.- Partnered with the VP and GM, MTV to successfully launch MTV in Canada by building a team of 120 employees from the ground up. This included recruiting the management team, staff and on-air talent, creating and negotiating employment contracts, on-boarding and HR support through MTV’s first year on air. - Strengthened communications and procedures between Corporate HR, Line HR and Payroll to service department managers and employees more effectively.- Developed a system that organized the production of annual compensation statements, plan documents and pay calculations for Executive Compensation and staff AIP programs.- Provided headcount and other ad hoc reporting for strategic analysis and workforce reviews.

Toronto, Canada Area

A lateral move to HR to join the team implementing CTV’s new HRIS system (Lawson). Once successfully launched, responsibilities included on-going management and maintenance of the system and the development of related systems and processes.- Provided HR system support and training for all HR, payroll and finance users of the HR module. Developed an HR/Payroll Manual and other training guides to document system process and procedure.- Maintained security for the HR portion of the system and was responsible for programming system changes and new set-up requirements. - Managed the paper-based HR Forms tools.- Provided ad hoc reporting for Management Team as required.

Toronto, Canada Area

Responsibility for the oversight of the Accounts Payable department and all functions such as invoice handling, cost coding, timely payments and vendor relations. - Created an Accounts Payable Manual to document all processes and procedures in the department.- Implemented an A/P document scanning solution to reduce paper and to generate much improved access to historical invoice information.- Instituted statistics and error tracking to provide better visibility on department metrics and to ultimately improve customer service.

Toronto, Canada Area

- Supported the ownership team in the management of a number of events on the Canadian Professional Golf Tour and the execution of corporate golf events. - Prepared sales presentations for sponsorship drives.- Responsible for all accounting functions including bookkeeping, payroll, accounts payable and accounts receivable.

Honours Ba, Sociology

Ba, Administrative And Commercial Studies, Concentration In Organizational Behavior And Organizational Development